Skepticologist, your statement reminded me of Mill Quote: |
Mill offers the famous judgment that "it is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied." Basically Mill contends that a highly cultured person is a happier person, a person who gets more pleasure out of life than an airhead--even if such a person experiences a great deal of frustration and dissatisfaction as a result of being educated and cultured.
| Sources: http://faculty.frostburg.edu/phil/forum/Mill.htm
Second chapter in Mill's book Utilitarianism
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